Report and Prayer Requests for Kumamoto Earthquake Disaster

2016年04月19日

Greetings in the precious name of our Savior Jesus Christ!

Since the evening of April 14th the large area of Kyushu around Kumamoto prefecture has been hit by series of strong earthquakes and landslides including four major shocks above magnitude of 6.0, with 44 confirmed dead, 9 missing, more than 1,000 injured and 200,000 evacuated. There have been more than 500 felt aftershocks since the start and people are sleeping outside in fear of aftershocks.

a landslide site in a mountain area of Kumamoto

Many churches in the area are affected and some of them are severely damaged. Despite their difficult circumstances, churches in Kumamoto and surrounding areas formed a disaster relief network together as a body of Christ to serve the people in this suffering situation. JEA is working together with this network and help coordinate and support their relief efforts with national and international church networks and resources.

Rev. Jun Matsumoto (chair of JEA Relief Commission) on the left, Rev. Yoji Nakamura (leader of Kumamoto Relief Center) in the center, Rev. Mitsuru Oi (vice-chair of JEA Board of Directors) on the right